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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators April - June, 2012 New Delhi, India 11th October, 2012 Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, New Delhi-110002 Tel: +91-11- 23230752, Fax: +91-11- 23236650 Website: www.trai.gov.in Disclaimer The Information and Statistics contained in this report are derived from variety of sources, but are mainly reliant on data obtained from Service Providers. This report does not constitute commercial or other advice. No warranty, representation or undertaking of any kind, express or implied, is given in relation to the information and statistics contained in this report. Table of Contents Snapshot ......................................................................................................... i Executive Summary ....................................................................................... iii Trends at a Glance ........................................................................................... x Introduction ................................................................................................. xiii Chapter 1 : Subscription Data .......................................................................... 1 Section A: Access Service – An Overview ........................................................................ 2 Section B: Wireless Service ................................................................................................ 11 Section C: Wireline Service ................................................................................................ 20 Section D: Internet Service ................................................................................................ 27 Section E: Other Value Added Services – PMRTS & VSAT ...................................... 34 Chapter 2 : Revenue and Usage ...................................................................... 37 Section A: GSM Service ....................................................................................................... 38 Section B: CDMA – Full Mobility Service ...................................................................... 43 Section C: Internet Service................................................................................................. 48 Chapter 3 : Financial Data of Telecom Service Sector .................................... 49 Chapter 4 : Quality of Service (QoS) ............................................................... 54 Section A: Quality of Service Performance of Wireless Service Providers .......... 55 Section B: Quality of Service Performance of Wireline Service Providers........... 64 Section C: Quality of Service Performance of Dial-up/ Broadband Service ...... 70 Chapter 5 : Performance of Cable TV, DTH and Radio Broadcasting Services .. 76 Annexures ..................................................................................................... 82 Annexure 1.1: Licensed Cellular (GSM & CDMA) Service Providers ....................... 83 Annexure 1.2: Wireless Subscriber Base .......................................................................... 84 Annexure 1.3: Wireline Subscriber Base .......................................................................... 88 Annexure 1.4: Service Provider wise details of PCOs ................................................... 90 Annexure 1.5: Service Provider wise details of Village Public Telephones ............ 93 Annexure 1.6: List of Internet Service Providers Providing Internet Telephony Service ........................................................................................ 96 Annexure 1.7: Internet Service Provider wise Subscriber Base ................................ 97 Annexure 1.8: Service Area wise PMRTS subscriber Base ....................................... 104 Annexure 2.1: GSM Service – Service Area wise Statistics for QE Jun-12 ......... 105 Annexure 2.2: CDMA Full Mobility Service – Service Area wise Statistics for QE Jun-12 ................................................................................................... 106 Annexure 4.1: Performance of QoS Parameters for Cellular Mobile Service ....... 107 Annexure 4.2: Performance of QoS Parameters for Basic (Wire-line) Service .... 113 Annexure 4.3: Quality of Service Performance of Broadband Service Providers ....................................................................................................... 117 Annexure 5.1: A -la-carte rates of pay channels for non-CAS areas, as reported to TRAI by the respective Broadcasters .................................................... 122 Annexure 5.2: List of operational private FM Radio Stations in India ................ 136 Annexure 5.3: List of applicants who have been granted DTH License ............... 144 Annexure 5.4: List of permitted teleports at various locations in India ............... 145 Index of Tables & Charts .............................................................................. 148 Snapshot (Data As on 30th June, 2012) Telecom Subscribers (Wireless +Wireline) Total Subscribers 965.52 Million % change over the previous quarter 1.49% Urban Subscribers 621.76 Million (64.40%) Rural Subscribers 343.76 Million (35.60%) Market share of Private Operators 86.64% Market share of PSU Operators 13.36% Teledensity 79.58 Urban Teledensity 169.03 Rural Teledensity 40.66 Wireless Subscribers Total Wireless Subscribers 934.09 Million % change over the previous quarter 1.62% Urban Subscribers 597.59 Million (63.98%) Rural Subscribers 336.51 Million (36.02%) GSM Subscribers 831.86 Million (89.06%) CDMA Subscribers 102.24 Million (10.94%) Market share of Private Operators 88.88% Market share of PSU Operators 11.12% Teledensity 76.99 Urban Teledensity 162.46 Rural Teledensity 39.80 Wireline Subscribers Total Wireline Subscribers 31.43 Million % change over the previous quarter -2.31% Urban Subscribers 24.17 Million (76.92%) Rural Subscribers 7.25 Million (23.08%) Market share of Private Operators 19.93% Market share of PSU Operators 80.07% Teledensity 2.59 Urban Teledensity 6.57 Rural Teledensity 0.86 Village Public Telephones (VPT) 0.584 Million Public Call Office (PCO) 1.713 Million i Internet / Broadband Subscribers Total Internet Subscribers (excluding Internet Access by Wireless 23.01 Million Phone Subscribers) % change over the previous quarter 0.66% Broadband Subscribers 14.57 Million Broadcasting & Cable Services Number of private satellite TV channels registered with Ministry of 831 I&B (as on 06.03.2012) Number of Pay Channels 184 Number of private FM Radio Stations 245 DTH Subscribers registered with Pvt. SPs 48.45 Million Number of Set Top Boxes in CAS notified areas 10,01,033 Telecom Financial Data (for the QE Jun-12) Gross Revenue during the quarter ` 52512.10 Crore % change in GR over the previous quarter 6.64% Share of Public sector undertaking's in GR 15.69% Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) `35499.01 Crore % change in AGR over the previous quarter 3.02% Monthly Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) for Access Services `98 Revenue & Usage Parameters (for the QE Jun-12) Monthly ARPU GSM Service ` 95 Monthly ARPU CDMA Full Mobility Service ` 75 Minutes of Usage (MOU) per subscriber per month GSM Service 346 Minutes Minutes of Usage (MOU) per subscriber per month CDMA Full 229 Minutes Mobility Service Minutes of Usage for Internet Telephony 254.66 Million ii Executive Summary 1. The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 951.34 million at the end of Mar-12 to 965.52 million at the end of Jun-12, registering a growth of 1.49% over the previous quarter as against 2.68% during the QE Mar-12. This reflects year-on-year (Y-O-Y) growth of 8.98% over the same quarter of last year. The overall Tele-density in India has reached 79.58 as on 30th June, 2012. Trends in Telephone subscribers and Teledensity in India 2. Subscription in Urban Areas grew from 620.53 million at the end of Mar-12 to 621.76 million at the end of Jun-12, however Urban Teledensity slightly declined from 169.55 to 169.03. Rural subscription increased from 330.82 million to 343.76 million, and Rural Teledensity increased from 39.22 to 40.66. Share of subscription in Rural areas out of total subscription increased from 34.77% at the end of Mar-12 to 35.60% at the end of Jun-12. iii 3. About 91.30% of the total net additions have been in Rural areas as compared to 62.39% in the previous quarter. Rural subscription growth rate decreased from 4.91% in QE Mar-12 to 3.91% in QE Jun-12, and Urban subscription growth rate declined from 1.53% in QE Mar-12 to 0.20% in QE Jun-12. Composition of Telephone Subscribers 4. With 14.92 million net additions during the quarter, total wireless (GSM+CDMA) subscriber base registered a growth of 1.62% over the previous quarter and increased from 919.17 million at the end of Mar-12 to 934.09 million at the end of Jun-12. The year-on-year (Y-O-Y) growth rate of Wireless subscribers for Jun-12 is 9.67%. Wireless Teledensity increased from 76.00 at the end of Mar-12 to 76.99 at the end of Jun-12. 5. Wireline subscriber base further declined from 32.17 million at the end of Mar-12 to 31.43 million at the end of Jun-12, bringing down the wireline Teledensity from 2.66 at the end of Mar-12 to 2.59 at the end of Jun-12. iv 6. Internet subscribers increased from 22.86 million at the end of Mar-12 to 23.01 million at the end of Jun-12, registering a quarterly growth rate of 0.66%. Top 10 ISPs together hold 94.72% of the total Internet subscriber base. 7. Number of Broadband subscribers